Alignment of the IS organization: The special case of corporate acquisitions

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 25-33

  Brown, Carol V ^a   Renwick, Janet S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

IS centralization decentralization; IS management; Mergers and acquisitions; Organization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039416259     PISSN: 15320936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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